Quote Originally Posted by CKNovel View Post
But you get one major problem if you base yourself on mechanics. It doesn't mean you would be encouraged to use essence, rather you would be punished because others do not use essence. A longer run is addtionnals opportunities to make mistakes.
The puzzle is to find a way to encourage players to use essence and to not be punished because others don't.

Since essence is about saving time... Using essence could net you a second relic item. It would be a no brainer that saves everyone time.
Thing is I did not mentioned just one but three. You can combo all of those at the same time. Do nothing? get the base reward. Do all? Get ten. Do some? get five. (just an example)